This document discusses personal selling and sales management. It begins by outlining the learning objectives which are to describe the value of personal selling, define the personal selling process, describe key sales force management functions, and discuss ethical and legal issues. It then details the 5 steps in the personal selling process - generating leads, preapproach, presentation/overcoming objections, closing the sale, and follow-up. Next, it covers managing the sales force including structure, recruiting, training, motivating, evaluating. It finishes by discussing ethical and legal issues that can arise between sales managers/force, corporate policy, and customers.
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L E A R N I N G O B J E C T I V E S
Describe the value added of personal
selling.
Define the steps in the personal selling
process.
Describe the key functions involved in
managing a sales force.
Describe the ethical and legal issues in
personal selling.
Personal Selling and Sales Management
LO1
LO2
LO3
LO4
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The Personal Selling Process
Generate and
qualify leads
Preapproach and
the Use of CRM
Systems
Sales
presentation and
overcoming
reservations
Closing the sale Follow-up
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Step 1: Generate and Qualify Leads
Sources
of
Leads
Current
Customers
Networking
Events
Cold Calls
The
Internet
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Step 2: Preapproach and the
Use of CRM Systems
Extends the
qualification
procedure
Set goals for what is
to be accomplished
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Step 3: Sales Presentation
and Overcoming Reservations
The Presentation
Handling
Reservations
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Step 4: Closing the Sale
Getting the order
Often most stressful
part of sales process
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be the foundation for
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Step 5: Follow-Up
Five Service Quality Dimensions
Reliability
Responsiveness
Assurance
Empathy
Tangibles
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CHECK YOURSELF
1. Why is personal selling important to an IMC
strategy?
2. What are the steps in the personal selling
process?
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Managing the Sales Force
Managing
the Sales
Force
Sales force
structure
Recruiting
and selecting
salespeople
Sales training
Motivating
and
compensating
salespeople
Evaluating
salespeople
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Sales Force Structure
Company
sales force
Employees
Established product lines
Manufacturers
representatives
(independent agents)
Not employees
Smaller firms
New markets
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Sales Training
Selling and negotiation techniques
Products and service knowledge
Technologies used in the selling process
Time and territory management
Company policies and procedures
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Evaluating Salespeople
Tied to the reward
structure
Evaluation measures
can be either
objective or subjective
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CHECK YOURSELF
1. What do sales managers need to do to
successfully manage their sales force?
2. What is the difference between monetary and
nonmonetary incentives?
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Ethical and Legal Issues in
Personal Selling
The Sales
Manager and
the Sales Force
The Sales Force
and Corporate
Policy
The
Salesperson
and the
Customer
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CHECK YOURSELF
1. What are three areas of personal selling in
which ethical and legal issues are more likely to
arise?